| Club: | Geelong Football Club |
| Season: | 1989 |
| President: | Ron Hovey |
| Coach: | Malcolm Blight (1st season) |
| Captain: | Damian Bourke (3rd season) |
| Home Ground: | Kardinia Park |
| Preseason Comp: | Panasonic Cup |
| Preseason Result: | 2nd |
| Regularseason Comp: | VFL season |
| Regularseason Result: | 3rd |
| Finals Series: | 1989 VFL Final Series |
| Finals Result: | Runner up |
| Club B&Amp;F: | Best and Fairest |
| Best And Fairest: | Paul Couch |
| Leading Goalscorer: | Gary Ablett (89) |
| Club Membership: | TBA |
| Prevseason: | 1988 |
| Nextseason: | 1990 |
The 1989 Geelong Football Club season was the club's 118th season of senior competition in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Under new coach Malcolm Blight, the Cats played attractive attacking football, scoring a combined total of 2916 points during the home-and-away season to break 's record set in 1987 (2846 points). The Cats made it to their first Grand Final since 1967, but ultimately fell six points short to in one of the all-time classic Grand Finals.
| Round | Date and local time | Opponent | Home | Away | Result | Venue | Attendance | Ladder position | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scores | |||||||||||
| align=left | align=left | 18.17 (125) | 17.21 (123) | MCG [A] | 24,383 | 8th | |||||
| align=left | align=left | 26.19 (175) | 11.14 (80) | Kardinia Park [H] | 19,939 | 3rd | |||||
| align=left | align=left | 16.21 (117) | 9.10 (64) | Kardinia Park [H] | 27,633 | 1st | |||||
| align=left | align=left | 12.15 (87) | 14.15 (99) | Western Oval [A] | 22,844 | 2nd | |||||
| align=left | align=left | 16.17 (113) | 16.16 (112) | Princes Park [A] | 13,102 | 5th | |||||
| align=left | align=left | 26.15 (171) | 25.13 (163) | Princes Park [A] | 17,430 | 8th | |||||
| align=left | align=left | 35.18 (228) | 16.13 (109) | Kardinia Park [H] | 21,421 | 6th | |||||
| align=left | align=left | 26.23 (179) | 6.14 (50) | Kardinia Park [H] | 17,265 | 5th | |||||
| align=left | align=left | 10.17 (77) | 32.19 (211) | MCG [A] | 24,321 | 4th | |||||
| align=left | align=left | 13.10 (88) | 23.16 (154) | MCG [A] | 65,185 | 4th | |||||
| align=left | align=left | 12.17 (89) | 4.11 (35) | MCG [H] | 87,653 | 3rd | |||||
| align=left | align=left | 2.8 (20) | 13.11 (89) | MCG [A] | 38,128 | 2nd | |||||
| align=left | align=left | 14.19 (103) | 16.15 (111) | SCG [A] | 12,967 | 2nd | |||||
| align=left | align=left | 11.16 (82) | 8.10 (58) | Kardinia Park [H] | 18,407 | 2nd | |||||
| align=left | align=left | 11.11 (77) | 22.19 (151) | Carrara Oval [A] | 18,198 | 2nd | |||||
| align=left | align=left | 17.7 (109) | 16.16 (112) | Waverley Park [H] | 38,865 | 3rd | |||||
| align=left | align=left | 14.20 (104) | 19.11 (125) | MCG [H] | 35,217 | 4th | |||||
| align=left | align=left | 13.12 (90) | 17.11 (113) | Moorabbin Oval [A] | 14,243 | 3rd | |||||
| align=left | align=left | 18.16 (124) | 10.14 (74) | Kardinia Park [H] | 17,046 | 3rd | |||||
| align=left | align=left | 18.18 (126) | 12.10 (82) | WACA Ground [A] | 15,721 | 3rd | |||||
| align=left | align=left | 20.19 (139) | 17.15 (117) | Kardinia Park [H] | 18,025 | 3rd | |||||
| align=left | align=left | 23.24 (162) | 12.14 (86) | Kardinia Park [H] | 20,788 | 3rd | |||||